The Assembly is a body of clinical and lay members who have agreed to help the Senate provide their advice. The Assembly provides the Council with access to a broad range of experts who, when their skills and experience fit the topic in question, will be invited to join expert clinical panels to respond to commissioner requests for advice. The Assembly encompasses a wide range of clinical professions, the 'birth to death' spectrum of NHS care. There is no minimum or maximum number of members on this virtual body and no specified length of tenure. This is a membership body and applicants are required to submit a CV and reference to apply to join.